JOBS IN JULY : UK SHEDS FURTHER 114,000

The number of workers on UK company payrolls slumped by a further 114,000 in July from June on the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday. A total…

LEBANESE EXPLOSION FALLOUT CONTINUES , PM TO ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION OF CABINET

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab was expected to announce his government’s resignation Monday amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion that has reignited angry street protests. The under-fire…

BREAKING :JAMB ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR POST-UTME SCREENING 2020

The 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination screening will commence in Nigeria’s higher institutions on September 7. The agreement was reached at a meeting between the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board…

court strikes out suit against sovereign wealth authority md

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit praying for an order suspending the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji,…

IN NORTH -EAST-NEDC THERE’LL BE PEACE AND STABILITY

The North-East Development Commission has said the development master plan for the troubled sub-region will be available soon. According to a statement on Sunday, the Managing Director of the NEDC,…

OYO, EKITI COMMISSIONERS RECOVER FROM COVID-19

The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, and the Oyo State Commissioner for Information Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu  Olatubosun, have recovered from COVID-19 Fapohunda…

NDDC AND THE TRAGEDY OF A NATION

First of all, let me put my cards on the table: I am a friend of the Niger Delta region. Some of my dearest buddies come from that region. Chief…

CAMEROOM COMMENDS AYADE FOR HOSPITALITY TO ITS REFUGEES IN CROSS RIVER

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has said he is delighted that peace is returning to the southern part of Cameroon, as this will facilitate the return…

DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF FAILED CONTRACTORS, NDDC WRITES IG

The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, seeking the arrest and prosecution of contractors, who collected mobilisation funds, but refused to…

RIVERS POLICE: CONFIRM RELEASE OF NINE OIL WORKERS

The Police in Rivers State on Sunday confirmed the release of nine workers of Addax Petroleum, who were kidnapped by gunmen at an oil facility off the coast of Nigeria…